This dashboard is an example of a site suitability analysis done in R. The suitability analysis tutorial was created by Ken Steif and the dashboard was created by Malle Carrasco-Harris, PhD.

In this tutorial, we are considering where a potential new casino should be located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We take into account various decision factors, including:

• the town boundary

• the National Park

• ease of access by thoroughfare

• land zoning

• population density

• land area

The proposed casino should not be in certain places.

• The proposed casino cannot be downtown. We create a one mile buffer around the town boundary.

• We also create a quarter mile buffer around the National Park areas.

The proposed casino should be easy to get to.

• We consider locations that are easy to get to by creating a 50 meter buffer around the highways.

The selected site should meet certain inherent specifications.

The census block must be:

• zoned for commercial interests

• have lower population density than the Gettysburg median

• be larger than than 40 acres.

Selection by location based on decision factors.

We have found blocks that meet the appropriate decision factors in regards to zoning, population, and size.

We can now limit our search to blocks that are outside of Gettysburg downtown, inside our Gettysburg buffer, outside the National Parks, and close to a highway.